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Yan Jin (金岩)

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010JINY02

Yan Jin (金岩) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.83, set at Xi'an New Year 2020, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 411th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since April 2010, he has put 1,420 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.47 in April 2010 to 6.83, a 40% improvement. Yan has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.83
signature single · Xi'an New Year 2020
1,420
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.838.77
top 1.1%411 / 28,153
2×21.482.68
top 2.1%238 / 15,796
Square-110.0315.94
top 6.1%85 / 1,362
4×438.7347.97
top 10.6%1,123 / 5,926
Pyraminx4.886.67
top 12.4%1,487 / 10,224
5×51:31.751:38.78
top 28.7%1,312 / 2,816
Skewb6.408.69
top 28.9%1,784 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves44.00
top 44.7%515 / 1,058
3×3 one-handed31.6138.16
top 50.3%4,344 / 5,922
Clock16.5018.68
top 53.6%1,247 / 1,843
Megaminx2:44.59—
early days — 2 solves1,519 / 1,678

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Xi'an Spring 2010: 11.47Shanghai Open 2010: 12.88Xi'an Autumn Open 2010: 12.08Xi'an Winter Open 2010: 11.80Floating Clouds Open 2011: 10.19Xi'an Lucky Open 2011: 10.33Xi'an Autumn Open 2011: 10.27Xi'an Qingming Open 2012: 10.91Shanghai Summer 2012: 10.46Xi'an Newborn 2012: 10.22Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2013: 9.44Zhengzhou Spring Open 2013: 9.19Xi'an Winter 2013: 8.74Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014: 8.85Yangling Open 2014: 8.51Xi'an Winter Open 2014: 8.53Xi'an More Coffee 2014: 9.21Xi'an New Year 2015: 9.00Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 7.80Tianjin University Open 2015: 9.92Xi'an Summer 2015: 9.17Zhengzhou Open 2015: 8.46China Championship 2015: 8.81Xi'an Open 2015: 8.95Xi'an New Year 2016: 8.96Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 9.22Shenyang Open 2016: 8.51Xi'an Summer 2016: 9.12Xi'an Open 2016: 8.10Xi'an New Year 2017: 8.14Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 7.63Fuzhou Open 2017: 8.53China Championship 2017: 8.63Ningxia Open 2017: 8.31XPU Open 2017: 8.31Jiaozuo Open 2017: 7.45Xi'an New Year 2018: 8.43Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 8.10Baoji Open 2019: 8.86Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 7.19Xi'an New Year 2020: 6.83Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021: 8.18Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 8.24Xi'an New Year 2025: 8.016.8312.884 Apr 20104 Jan 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.